余光中談翻譯

余光中 著
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本內容包括︰翻譯與批評、中國古典詩的句法、中西文學之比、幾塊試金石——如何識別假洋學者、用現代中文報道現代生活、早期作家筆下的西化中文、橫行的洋文等內容。

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Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew : Citizen Singapore : How to Build a Nation

Tom Plate 
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Political genius is never without controversy, or without mystery. This is what makes it so interesting and so rare. Is Lee Kuan Yew the feral, authoritarian figure that Western critics claim? Or a stoic pioneer in new approaches to developing a nation—uncorrupt, modern, almost scientific? American journalist Tom Plate first interviewed the founder of modern Singapore in 1996 in a continuing back-and-forth with LKY that led to the summer of 2009, when the former prime minister agreed to sit down for two days of unprecedentedly informal but intense conversations that led to this special book. This new edition includes fascinating excerpts from prior interviews, as well as the author’s assessment of the man who goes down in history as the world’s longest-serving prime minister—and as one of the most unforgettable political figures of modern times. “You have done a superb job of capturing the many facets of this extraordinary man….” – Dr Henry A. Kissinger on Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew

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經濟騰飛路——李光耀回憶錄1965-2000

李光耀 著
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1965年8月9日，照顧200萬人民生計的重擔突然落在李光耀肩上，困難重重，前途茫茫，他怎樣為新加坡開闢一條生路呢？

正如他自己所說的，怎樣蓋房子，怎樣修理引擎，都有專著教導。但是，還從來沒有一本書是教人如何把一群來自中國、印度和東印度群島等地的移民組成一個國家的。

今天，新加坡已成為經濟發達、社會穩定和安全的全球化國家，李光耀憶述往事，把畢生治國、發展經濟和建設國防的切身體會，濃縮成幾百頁的回憶錄，讀者必能從中得到啟發。

40年來遍訪世界各國，李光耀跟當代世界政壇風雲人物有廣泛的接觸，共同探討國際與區域局勢。回憶錄中，他以敏銳的觀察力對他們作了生動的描述。

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The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

Edited by Yasue Kuwahara 
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The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture, known as the Korean Wave, began and has been promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. As such, popular culture products such as K-pop and K-drama are tailored to appeal to the widest possible audience beyond national and regional boundaries. This study of the appeal of Korean popular culture examines cultural production and consumption, hybrid culture, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity, among other topics.

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村上春樹 = Haruki Murakami

羅佳琦 著
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目前在台灣關於村上春樹的研究現況雖然是琳瑯滿目，但這些中文論述都偏向零篇單札或感性隨筆，並沒有較完整的中文論著，因此距離解讀村上春樹的世界還有一大段距離。故本書欲借村上的小說世界來建構一個有機的「村上春樹」；透過其小說的寫作手法、語言風格、人物心理和情節結構等方面，勾勒出「村上春樹」的具體面貌，進而知 悉其所以吸引人之處，而如此吸引力的背後又是如何與人的心靈何社會脈動有著相同的頻率。

此間採用小說的基本元素：意象、人物、情節和主題等為媒介，以「文本分析」和「文獻探討」為大要，再輔以精神分析和結構主義的方式來探討。本書的章節架構包括：緒論、意象與寓意、人物形塑、情節結構與時空背景、主題意識及結論。

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The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be

Moisés Naím
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Mark Zuckerberg's inaugural pick for his "Year of Books" challenge, The End of Power updates the very notion of power for the 21st century. Power, we know, is shifting: From West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely dispersing; it is also decaying. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before.

In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research, Naím shows how the antiestablishment drive of micropowers can topple tyrants, dislodge monopolies, and open remarkable new opportunities, but it can also lead to chaos and paralysis. Naím deftly covers the seismic changes underway in business, religion, education, within families, and in all matters of war and peace. Examples abound in all walks of life: In 1977, eighty-nine countries were ruled by autocrats while today more than half the world’s population lives in democracies. CEO’s are more constrained and have shorter tenures than their predecessors. Modern tools of war, cheaper and more accessible, make it possible for groups like Hezbollah to afford their own drones. In the second half of 2010, the top ten hedge funds earned more than the world’s largest six banks combined.

Those in power retain it by erecting powerful barriers to keep challengers at bay. Today, insurgent forces dismantle those barriers more quickly and easily than ever, only to find that they themselves become vulnerable in the process. In this accessible and captivating book, Naím offers a revolutionary look at the inevitable end of power—and shows how it will change your world.

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